"Destiny 2's loot grind is getting some major changes in its next expansion, including adjustments to make more activities more rewarding and to make gear more viable in the game's new Portal activity scoring system. Bungie announced several of the changes in its livestream detailing the upcoming Renegades expansion, noting that many of them are responses to feedback from players in the wake of Destiny 2's Edge of Fate expansion."
"Currently, increasing your character Power beyond a certain level is done almost exclusively with the Portal, Destiny 2's new one-stop menu for various activities, which includes a scoring system that determines what loot you receive based on the difficulty you set for the activity you're playing. That means that players are disincentivized from playing activities on the Edge of Fate destination, Kepler, if they're looking to drive up their Power."
"Bungie is making adjustments to how Portal works too. Bungie is removing the "featured" gear element for many Portal activities with Renegades, allowing for many more builds to be viable. Currently, you get a bonus to your points in Portal's scoring for using featured gear, which right now is exclusively new weapons and armor that were added with Edge of Fate."
Renegades alters Destiny 2's Power progression by expanding viable activities for the loot grind and rolling back grind-intensifying changes from Edge of Fate. Portal scoring will be adjusted so legacy raids, dungeons, and Renegades activities contribute more meaningfully to increasing Power. The featured-gear bonus in Portal scoring will be removed for many activities, enabling a wider range of weapons and armor to be effective in scoring. These changes aim to diversify routes to higher Power, reduce reliance on a single system, and make older content and varied builds useful again for progression.
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